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    This document provides an overview of useful PowerShell cmdlets for managing different aspects of Exchange 2010, including mailbox permissions, mailbox management, distribution groups, mailbox moves, inbox rules, database management, test cmdlets, server management, and PowerShell help. For each category, it lists the relevant cmdlets and provides brief descriptions and examples of common uses.

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    Useful

    PowerShell Cmdlets for Exchange 2010

    Mailbox Permissions

    Mailbox Management

    CmdLet
    Description
    Add-MailboxPermission
    Grant a user permission to access another users Mailbox
    Get-MailboxPermission
    View the permissions that are assigned to a Users Mailbox
    Remove-MailboxPermission
    Remove the permissions from a user to access another users mailbox
    Add-ADPermission
    Adds Active Directory Permissions to a User Account
    Remove-ADPermission
    Removes Active Directory Permissions from a User Account
    Examples:
    AddMailboxPermission Identity Steve.Smith User Jane.Smith AccessRights FullAccess
    Grants Jane Smith full access to Steve Smiths mailbox.
    AddADPermission identity Steve.Smith User Jane.Smith AccessRights ExtendedRight ExtendedRights Send
    As
    Grants Jane Smith Send As rights on Steve Smiths Mailbox

    CmdLet
    Description
    Get-Mailbox
    View information about mailboxes.
    New-Mailbox
    Create a new user and give them a mailbox
    Remove-Mailbox
    Delete an AD User account and the associated mailbox
    Enable-Mailbox
    Mailbox-enable an existing AD user that does not have a mailbox
    Set-Mailbox
    Change the settings of an existing mailbox.
    Get-MailboxStatistics Get information about a mailbox (Size, item count etc.)
    Examples:
    EnableMailbox Steve.Smith
    MailEnables the AD account named Steve.Smith
    GetMailbox | GetMailboxStatistics | Sortobject TotalItemSize | SelectObject
    DisplayName,Database,TotalItemSize,ItemCount,StorageLimitStatus | ExportCsv MailboxStats.csv
    Exports a CSV of Mailbox information for your organization.

    CmdLet
    Get-MoveRequest

    Group Management
    CmdLet
    Get-DistributionGroup

    Mailbox Moves

    Description
    View information about specified distribution groups or retrieve a list
    of the distribution groups stored within your Organization. (This
    includes Mail-enabled security groups)
    Create a distribution group.
    Delete a distribution group.
    Change the properties of an existing distribution group.
    Add a recipient to an existing distribution group.
    View the members of an existing distribution group.
    Delete a recipient from the membership of a distribution group.

    New-MoveRequest
    Remove-MoveRequest

    Description
    View the status of an ongoing mailbox move that was initiated by the
    New-MoveRequest CmdLet.
    Create a new mailbox move.
    Cancel a mailbox move that was initiated by the New-MoveRequest
    CmdLet.
    Resume a suspended or failed move request.
    Change the properties of an existing move request.
    Suspend a move request before it reaches the status of
    CompletionInProgress.
    View detailed information about move requests

    New-DistributionGroup
    Remove-DistributionGroup
    Set-DistributionGroup
    Add-DistributionGroupMember
    Get-DistributionGroupMember
    Remove-DistributionGroupMember
    Examples
    NewDistributionGroup Senior Managers OrganizationalUnit Contoso.com\Distribution Lists type
    Distribution DisplayName Senior Management Team
    Creates a new distribution group named Senior Managers in the Distribution Lists OU. This group will appear as
    Senior Management Team in the Address Lists.
    AddDistributionGroupMember identity Senior Managers member Contoso\Steve.Smith
    Adds Steve Smith to the Senior Managers OU

    Resume-MoveRequest
    Set-MoveRequest
    Suspend-MoveRequest

    Inbox Rules

    CmdLet
    Description
    Get-Help
    Retrieve help information for PowerShell Cmdlets
    Examples:
    GetHelp GetMailbox
    This provides basic information about the GetMailbox CmdLet
    GetHelp GetMailbox Detailed
    This Provides detailed information about the GetMailbox CmdLet including what parameters it can take
    GetHelp GetMailbox Examples
    This provides examples of how to use the GetMailbox CmdLet

    CmdLet
    Description
    Get-InboxRule
    Retrieve a list of Inbox Rules from a Users Mailbox
    Examples:
    GetInboxRule mailbox Steve.Smith
    This retrieves all inbox rules for the Steve Smith Mailbox.

    Get-MoveRequestStatistics
    Examples:
    GetMailbox SteveSmith | NewMoveRequest TargetDatabase MBXDatabase1
    Creates a Move request to move the Steve Smith Mailbox to the MBXDatabase1 Database
    GetMailbox database Database1 | newMoveRequest BadItemLimit 10 TargetDatabase Database2
    This command creates move requests for all mailboxes on Database1 and sets the Corrupt Item Limit to 10
    GetMoveRequest | GetMoveRequestStatistics
    Returns detailed information for the current move requests

    PowerShell Help

    Database Management

    Test Cmdlets

    CmdLet
    Description
    Mount-Database
    Mounts a Database in the Exchange Organization
    Dismount-Database
    Dismounts a database in the Exchange Organization
    Get-MailboxDatabase
    Retrieves information about a Mailbox Database
    New-MailboxDatabase
    Creates a new Mailbox Database
    Set-MailboxDatabase
    Sets properties on a Mailbox Database
    Add-MailboxDatabaseCopy
    Adds a new copy of a specified Mailbox Database
    Get-MailboxDatabaseCopy
    Retrieves information about a Mailbox Database Copy
    Set-MailboxDatabaseCopy
    Sets properties on a Mailbox Database Copy
    Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy
    Suspends replication and replay for a specified Database Copy
    Resume-MailboxDatabaseCopy
    Resumes replication and reply for a specified Database Copy
    Move-DatabasePath
    Moves the path of a Mailbox Database
    Move-ActiveMailboxDatabase
    Performs a Database Switchover
    Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus Retrieve information about the status of a Mailbox Database Copy
    Examples:
    GetMailboxDatabase identity Database1
    Retrieves information about Database1
    AddMailboxDatabaseCopy identity Database1 MailboxServer Server3 ActivationPreference 3
    Adds a copy of Database1 to Mailbox Server Server3 with an activation preference of 3
    MoveActiveMailboxDatabase identity Database1 ActivateOnServer Server3
    Switches Database1 to Server3

    CmdLet
    Description
    Test-MapiConnectivity
    Tests connectivity to databases
    Test-MRSHealth
    Tests the health of the Mailbox Replication Service
    Test-AssistantHealth
    Tests the health of the Mailbox Assistants
    Test-ExchangeSearch
    Tests that Exchange Search is enabled and indexing
    Test-OutlookWebServices
    Tests the Autodiscover settings for Outlook
    Test-WebServicesConnectivity
    Tests that Exchange Web Services are functioning correctly
    Test-OwaConnectivity
    Tests that OWA is running as expected
    Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity
    Tests that Activesync is functioning as expected
    Test-OutlookConnectivity
    Tests that Outlook will connect as expected
    Test-Mailflow
    Tests that Mailflow is functioning correctly within the Organization
    Test-ReplicationHealth
    Test all aspects of replication and replay for a Mailbox Server
    Examples:
    TestMapiConnectivity Server Server1
    Tests that Server1 is accessible

    Server Management
    CmdLet
    Description
    Get-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup
    Retrieve information about a Database Availability Group
    Set-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup
    Sets properties of a DatabaseAvailabilityGroup
    AddAdds a mailbox server into a Database Availability Group
    DatabaseAvailabilityGroupServer
    RemoveRemoves a mailbox server from a Database Availability Group
    DatabaseAvailabilityGroupServer
    Get-MailboxServer
    Retrieve Information about a Mailbox Server
    Set-MailboxServer
    Sets properties of a mailbox Server
    Get-Queue
    Retrieve information about the Transport Queue
    Get-MessageTrackingLog
    Retrieve information from the Message Tracking Log
    Get-ExchangeServer
    Retrieve information about the Exchange Servers in the Organization
    Get-EventLogLevel
    Retrieve information about Diagnostic Logging
    Set-EventLogLevel
    Set the properties for Diagnostic Logging
    Examples
    GetDatabaseAvailabilityGroup Identity DAG1
    Retrieves information about the Database Availability Group DAG1
    AddDatabaseAvailabilityGroupServer identity DAG1 MailboxServer Server2
    Adds a server named Server2 to the Database Availability Group DAG1
    SetEventLogLevel Identity MSExchangeFDS\FileReplication Level Expert
    Sets the diagnostic logging to Expert level for the File Distribution Service\File Replication component

    Useful PowerShell One Liners


    GetMailboxDatabase | GetMailboxDatabaseCopyStatus
    Displays the copy status for all Mailbox Databases in the Organization
    GetDatabaseAvailabilityGroup Status | fl
    Displays full information about the Database Availability Group including the Primary Active Manager and FSW
    GetQueue Filter {MessageCount gt 100}
    Shows any Transport queue with more than 100 messages in it. This can be used to identify a transport problem
    GetDistributionGroupMember Senior Managers | SetMailbox prohibitSendRecieveQuota 2GB
    Sets members of the Senior Managers Distribution List to have a Mailbox Quota of 2GB
    NewDynamicDistributionGroup name Sales Team ConditionalDepartment Sales includedrecipients
    Allrecipients
    Creates a new Dynamic Distribution Group containing all users whos Department property is Sales
    ForEach ($RoleEntry in GetManagementRoleEntry *\RemoveMailbox parameters Identity) {Get
    ManagementRoleAssignment Role $RoleEntry.Role GetEffectiveUsers Delegating $False | WhereObject
    {$_.EffectiveUserName Ne "All Group Members"} | FL Role, EffectiveUserName, AssignmentChain}
    Retrieves a list of all users who can run the RemoveMailbox Cmdlet
    GetMailbox | GetMailboxStatistics | Select Displayname,ItemCount,TotalItemSize,Database,StorageLimitStatus |
    ConvertToHTML | OutFile MailboxInfo.html
    Outputs Mailbox Statistic information to an HTML File
    Function to display the emptiest Exchange Database (Based on number of users)
    Function GetEmptiestMailbox{
    $DBs = GetMailboxDatabase
    $DBs | AddMember name Mailboxes Type ScriptProperty value {(Getmailbox database
    $this.DistinguishedName).count}
    $DBs = $DBs | SortObject Mailboxes descending
    $DBs[1]
    }
    This can be used in Cmdlets such as NewMoveRequest TargetDatabase (GetEmptiestMailbox)

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